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Tue Con littee 0n Permanent orgsniza-
lipn reported nsk a. the tsW gqEsrg Officers
permanent anu tAs Ortsr OF business ss toll
loss Report u Committee ora Credentials.
resort OF Committee o. t.es0l lti0ns. nomi-
nation Justice of TIE supreme Court. Rorut-
nation ~ Eszent. tie report sss adopted
Ms Lee ChsiFsoman 81 the Com fnlttes
ca CTeieltias reported fhiFfy counties
represented With accredited delegations Of
- members. out only about TOO present.
-lin0n Sullivan, Of Kent moved that ttse
report OF the Com uaitsee on Resolutions be
deferred until after the report or the Con
fereuce Committee as be IN COMMON with
Others wanted the Democrats 20 stand on
tAe same platform Is the Grecnbackers IA
case 0f fusion. II. @. Hodse. of Jackson,
advocated each party adopting is owa
platform snd moved that a. a substitute
and it was carried.
The Committee on Resolutions through
Chairman +. NJ Sherin, OF kalamazoo, re-
ported as follows, which report Vas adopted
by Fisiag vote.
WEEsEAs. The National Creenback Labor
Party has repeatedly set forth before the
people its principle. in various platforms.
both State aud National. notably the plat
form adopted At Indianapolis in 1881, and
WHEREAS. The present campaign Il not
for the purpose OF electing officers of pO-
litical character; therefore be Il
kes0ifed. Tha, still adheriDg to those
principles we do not deem Il necessary TO
adoy, other than the following:
WHEREAs. The old school politicians aud
press are daily discussing the tariff. prohibit
ton and other questions % nearly The en-
tire exclusion of the fundamental principles
upon which the Greenback party is founded
and which are Of such moment 70 a s'rug-
Cling aud dependent people
WHEREAs. The wide publicity daily given
the subjects OF tariff, etc. has in TOO many
instances led the Greenbsck press, speakers
and its voters TO participate in the discus
sion Of said question. 10 the greater or less
omission of the more vital and important
principles set forth in the issues OF the ma
State Convention. urge upOn the members
OF our party the necessity of confining their
efforts in the fntare more closely to the ad-
vancement of the great and important issues
as promulgated through the platforms of
the National Gre enback Labor Party.
4 motion VS. made 10 delay action on
the report of 5ie Committee on Resoiu-
tons urftil the conference comnitte was
heard from.
ID 4. :. A..
waiting for Detroit to tell the Greenbackers
Whist they might do. c. III. Dewey, of Len
awee. moved as the sense of the convention
that the Greenbackers unite with the Dem
Ocfais N JOINT convention. and ask the
privilege TO take the short term Judgexhip
and one Regent. j. s. Mead moved that
| the convention proceed TO the election Of a
Justice for the short term. f. L. Greene
objected 10 asking privileges from the
Democrats. The delegates were there ss
Greenbackrs t. s. Greece, Of Detroit OBJ
jected to fusion, but rs the campaign was a
non partisan one, and he wanted 10 help
Atkinson, he would swallow the pill. lie
favored proceeding at once 10 make noni-
nations. c. III. Whitman of Genesec made
a strong speech in which ne said there was
but two parties-capital on the one hand
and labor on the other. He sneered at
'boodie," and wanted labor candidate
named for the yustceship. Put Green
backey there and elect him.
Rev. C.. l. Deyo, of Oakland made a
strong plea for fusion from Democrat
standpoint. Mr. Mead withdraw his amend
mentand Mr.. Dewey's motion was carried.
Moses ". Field. Of Wavne. moved that the
Committee on Conference notify the Dem
ocrats that the Greegbackers would proceed
at once to elect a candidate for Justice and
leave II to the Conference Committee as to
whether it shall be for the long or short
term. This caused a howl and the motion
not receiving secOnd was wisely with
drawn.
Ex-Gov Begole got the floor and said that
those who came here expecting there would
be no fusion had simply wasted their time.
He had been elected by Democrats and
proposed To snuggle up 20 them and die
with them If necessary. They had been
real good fellows and shouldn't be cast
aside.
A delegate from the Sixth district moved
that the party combine with the Demo
Gratis. Another delegate moved to lav on
the table and bis motion was adopted by a
vote Of 2D6 70 A.
A recess of twenty minutes was then
taksn.
After recess, speeches were made simply
~ bluf to fill in time and keep the dele
gates from stampeding aud putting a ticket
in he field irrespective of the Conference
Committee. Chairman Hampton grew
nervous and Secretary Weston was ssnt
out 10 skirmish for the Conference Com
mittee. who werc supposed 10 be attached
70 the end Of = Detroit wire.
Senator Dskin. OF saginaw, moved to pro-
ceed 10 the presentation OF names. Secre-
tary Holden aTnonnced that the commit
tee bad the phone A. :heir ears sud wCald
soon repott- Senator Dakin's motion Was
carried.
Rev. G. 7. Deyo the fog -horned Senator
from Oakland started the ball rolling for
O'Brisn J. Atkinson. lie said.
The nomination was seconded by Jack
son. and the Flint delegation Withdrew the
name OF Wm. Newton aud heartily sup
ported the candidacy of - Brisn !. Atkio-
son. Huron and IOsco fell into line.
The Conference Committee asked for
further time. said that the Detroit folks
we're in deep water but would
Dance - Grs.nback Music.
representative Dskin presented the name
Of Thomas r. Barry. Of Saginaw. Tor the
nsme of Ecv. Vim. II. Miller. Of otseyo.
Edward s. Greece presented the name Of
n g. Hodge, of Jarkson Charles T. ueyo
WAS nsu7ed
At adjournment Of ten minatss was
taken
The rece~s exteaded into half an hour
On rea-SsmbiiaE Fdrard s. Greece. II
Wayne. stsssd TIA if rss reported that the
Democrats hsd refused % fuse. garnoe
Anderson. ~ Sarsiac il the iutere~4 ~
paTr1euv advocsted giving the Democrats
long term rasfice and both regents We
Tss met with vriis and cheers q 20 II